Joseph Jouraij from Canton, MI, age 53

Multi-Utility Camshaft Cap For Internal Combustion Engine
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US Patent:

20090186725, Jul 23, 2009
Filed:

Jan 18, 2008
Appl. No.:

12/016309
Inventors:

Joseph Jouraij - Dearborn MI, US
Robert W. Lunsford - Novi MI, US
Daniel L. Sylvester - West Bloomfield MI, US
Chris Tiernan - Wixom MI, US
International Classification:

F16H 7/08
US Classification:

474110
Abstract:

A multi-utility camshaft cap for an internal combustion engine includes a base for attaching the camshaft cap to a cylinder head of an engine, with the base including not only semicircular bearing sections for mounting one or more camshafts to the cylinder head, but also oil control valves for controlling camshaft phasing, and a camshaft chain tensioner, with each component being mounted within a single, one-piece housing.

Chain Tensioner
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US Patent:

20110003657, Jan 6, 2011
Filed:

Jul 2, 2009
Appl. No.:

12/496801
Inventors:

Paul T. Reinhart - Livonia MI, US
Kenneth Steven Fedeson - Farmington Hills MI, US
Christopher David Tiernan - Wixom MI, US
Joseph Jouraij - Dearborn MI, US
Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Dearborn MI
International Classification:

F16H 7/08
B23P 11/00
US Classification:

474110, 2952501
Abstract:

A chain tensioner for use on a chain drive system is disclosed which has a housing open at both ends. Into the housing, a cartridge is inserted, the cartridge having including a body with a cylinder within and a piston. A retention system is provided to substantially prevent the body of the cartridge from moving with respect to the housing. Such a retention system, in one embodiment, includes a lip at a first end of the body and a groove on a second end of the body. The lip serves as a stop to prevent the body of the cartridge from moving axially beyond the stop in one direction. A clip is interlocked into the groove on the second end of the body of the cartridge to prevent movement in the opposite direction.

Joseph Jouraij